Re: Does debian include KDE?
On 27 Jan, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, duon0035 wrote:
>
>> Does debian linux include KDE? If it doesn't, then does debian plan to
>> include KDE? and When? I read on Debian webpage that Debian 2.1 will be
>> released in Jan '99. It's mid-Jan now, how come I can't find Debian 2.1
>> any where on-line?
>
> The current QT and KDE licenses prevent Debian from distributing KDE due
> to the requirements of the DFSG. However, the next major release of QT
> will have a license that probably complies with the DFSG. At that time, it
> is likely that KDE will be included in the distribution. Until then, some
> folks have compiled a fairly complete set of KDE packages that will run
> with debian slink (a.k.a. pre2.1, a.k.a. frozen). This leads us to the
> clarification about 2.1. It has not been released, but it is quite stable
> IMO and I've been running it for 4+ months. It is currently in "deep
> freeze" pending the official release.
>
Strange, I have KDE on my Debian 2.0 CD's, it's in contrib and some
parts in non-free, isn't it the ftp archives?
Also one can search for all packages on the main www.debian.org website.
Greets, Oliver
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